[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Is there anything else that needs to be done to enable the loop
> devices?
Are they there?
[summer@dugite summer]$ ls /dev/loop?
brw-rw---- 1 root 7, 0 May 6 1998 /dev/loop0
brw-rw---- 1 root 7, 1 May 6 1998 /dev/loop1
brw-rw---- 1 root 7, 2 May 6 1998 /dev/loop2
brw-rw---- 1 root 7, 3 May 6 1998 /dev/loop3
brw-rw---- 1 root 7, 4 May 6 1998 /dev/loop4
brw-rw---- 1 root 7, 5 May 6 1998 /dev/loop5
brw-rw---- 1 root 7, 6 May 6 1998 /dev/loop6
brw-rw---- 1 root 7, 7 May 6 1998 /dev/loop7
[summer@dugite summer]$
Dores dmesg sho wsomething like this (I'm on 2.4.0)[summer@possum
Documentation]$ dmesg | grep -i loop
loop: enabling 8 loop devices
loop: enabling 8 loop devices
[summer@possum Documentation]$
Here's what happened here when I mounted an ISO image:
[root@possum /root]# mount -o loop ~summer/MODISK.ISO /mnt/floppy/
[root@possum /root]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
loop 7392 2 (autoclean)
[root@possum /root]# dmesg | tail
Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
loop: enabling 8 loop devices
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
[root@possum /root]#
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